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Geelani rules out taking LoC bus to Azad Kashmir
LAHORE, May 24: Travelling by the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service is the main hurdle in the visit of Syed Ali Geelani, chief of a faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference,...
Mushahid holds talks with Nawab Bugti
QUETTA, May 24: Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General Senator Mushahid Hussain held talks with Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti on Tuesday. Sources said the meeting in Dera Bugti reviewed...
‘No provision for LB administrators’
ISLAMABAD, May 24: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar said on Tuesday that the Local Government Ordinance, 2002, did not envisage appointment of administrators in place of district nazims....
Concern in US over F-16 use
WASHINGTON, May 24: Acquiring newer models of F-16 aircraft can increase Pakistan’s capability to deliver a nuclear weapon during a war but it also reduces the risk of a nuclear conflict...
ARD plans meeting on Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, May 24: The opposition Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will organize a “Balochistan conference” in Islamabad to work out a political solution to crisis in the province. This was...
Indian cabinet sets Siachen meeting agenda
NEW DELHI, May 24: The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security met late on Tuesday and cleared the agenda for the India-Pakistan defence secretary-level talks scheduled this week in Islamabad. An eight-member...
Rangeela dead
LAHORE, May 24: Veteran comedian Rangeela died of a cradiac arrest here on Tuesday. He was 68. Rangeela had been admitted to the Shaikh Zayed Hospital in the last week of...
2 foreigners held for links with Al Qaeda
ISLAMABAD, May 24: Pakistani security forces have arrested an Egyptian and another foreigner suspected of links to Al Qaeda, the information minister said on Tuesday. The suspects were arrested on Monday...
Insurgents in Iraq kill 8 US troops
BAGHDAD, May 24: Eight US troops and dozens of Iraqis were killed in relentless insurgent attacks across Iraq against military and Shia targets on Monday and Tuesday. Amid the raging violence,...
Nuclear talks on knife-edge, says Iran
BRUSSELS, May 24: Iran warned on Tuesday that there was only a 50 per cent chance of success in crunch nuclear talks with European Union negotiators beginning on Wednesday. Speaking after...
China supports Uzbek president
BEIJING, May 24: China declared on Tuesday its support for Uzbekistan’s government, which has been grappling with unrest in the east of the country, a day before a visit by Uzbek...
Dina seeks Jinnah House’s possession
NEW DELHI, May 24: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s only daughter, Dina Wadia, has requested the Indian government for the possession to the house where she was born, her father’s most famous...
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LAHORE, May 24: Veteran comedian Rangeela died of a cradiac arrest here on Tuesday. He was 68. Rangeela had been admitted to the Shaikh Zayed Hospital in the last week of...
ISLAMABAD, May 24: Pakistani security forces have arrested an Egyptian and another foreigner suspected of links to Al Qaeda, the information minister said on Tuesday. The suspects were arrested on Monday...
